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Enshittification
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What is enshittification?
The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source
The lifecycle of Big Internet
We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.
Embrace, extend and extinguish
We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.
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Enshitification. Once they cornered the market and killed competition they tried to squeeze it. What you going to do, leave? Where?
Actually there's an app that tries to turn this around and remove their monopoly by combining multiple streaming platforms into one: https://grayjay.app/ the more people would use it the less they would be able to do this without consequences
Hell no, I'm not spending money on "source-available" software made by a million dollar company. An application that doesn't even manage to put an open-source license on its source code is not worth my money. I'm happily donating to actual FOSS projects, but this isn't one. There are many free & open source alternatives like NewPipe (and forks like Tubular) and LibreTube, why use this source-available bullshit? It's fucking ridiculous, Louis Rossmann has spent so much time talking about and advocating for open source software, and then he heavily promotes a source-available product.
Hey, he's not a developer. He doesn't know the nuances between ACTUAL FOSS and "source available", nor the VAST GULF of differences.
His heart is in the right place. ... but still, definitely go for real FOSS (not just OSS).
Louis Rossmann isn't a developer, but the company he works with (FUTO) was founded by an experienced software developer, and employs multiple devs for their projects like Grayjay, Futo VoiceInput, their android keyboard and other stuff. Not using a FOSS license is an intentional choice, which is why I'm not giving them my money. They should really stop their "source-available paid software license" bullshit, just make it truly FOSS and I'll happily donate.
And btw I'm pretty sure that Louis realizes the differences between source-available and FOSS, he's a smart man.
If he realizes the difference, he should push for full FOSS.